A company formed by Fairbanks, Pickford, Charlie Chaplain and D.W. The film was produced by "The Douglas Fairbanks Corporation" and had the distinction of being the first motion picture released by United Artists. The first screen treatment of McCulley's work was by Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
There are some interesting points made especially, if you happen to be a Freemason. Who became the model according to the article's author for Johnston McCulley's hero Don Diego. It tells the story of Richard Lamport born in Ireland either in 1611, or 1615. Speaking of inaccuracies could there have been a real "Zorro"? Who came not from Spain or Spanish California, but Ireland? The following link comes from the website for the magazine "History Ireland". Rickman's article does look at the inaccuracies this historian sees in McCulley's tale. However, I believe it is a valid point of view and to that I have attached a link to a very good article "The Trouble with Zorro, Part One: The Curse of Capistrano" by David W. We might be stopping to check facts and events every few paragraphs and loose our train of thought. I look at McCulley's work as pure escapism and not a historical recreation of life at the time, if we were to approach every novel, screenplay, or tale told for authenticity. Although he created his hero from the mythic life of California Outlaw Joaquin Murrieta. I admit I am not interested in the accuracy of Johnston McCulley's portrayal of life in Spanish California.
For those interested several versions of the novel are available as E-books for as little as 99 cents. The first book version of the novel would be published by Grosset and Dunlap in 1924 under the title of the 1920 motion picture "The Mark of Zorro". The year was 1919 and writer Johnston McCulley wrote a serialized story entitled "The Curse of Capistrano" which appeared as five installment in "All-Story Weekly". This is a look at this popular character as he appeared in both motion pictures and television around the world. PART ONE: THE MARK OF ZORRO AND THE CLIFFHANGERS This was my first meeting with Don Diego de la Vega whose secret identify was the Spanish fighter for the rights of the peons and others in Old California: "El Zorro (The Fox)". The show was Walt Disney's "Zorro" and without commercials each program on the ABC television network ran 22 to 24 minutes every Tuesday and Thursday. Six days before my 11th birthday in October of 1957 I first heard those lyrics by Norman Foster. Zorro, Zorro, who makes the sign of the Z. Zorro, Zorro, the fox so cunning and free, "The Curse of Capistrano El Zorro" rides from a novel's pages to the big and small screens.
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